Friday, June 19, 2009

Electricity Museum

The Electricity Museum was inaugurated in 2006. It is located on the bank of the Tagus river, in Lisbon and occupies the building of the important Central Tejo, built 1914/1919, that supplied the city during most of the 20th century.

Congratulations on the award. Well deserved. I love this building! The brick work is great and I love the long narrow windows. I could picture this building sitting somewhere in the midwest of the U.S.

It's freaking unbelievable that people were afraid of electricity back in the days. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is a very good example for this anxiety. Nowadays we have a whole museum just dedicated to electricity. That's great progress!